Today describe a place you love or a trip you have taken as a short story or a poem. Mine is a reflection of a road trip in the Rocky Mountains. The air smells fresh and crisp Cloud shadows undulate across rock Bird song surrounds me Water trickles between iced edges...
I am sharing the word prompt we enjoyed at my writer's meeting last night. Use these words in a short story or poem: tower, rotten, bribe, diamond. Here is my 15 minute response. "Rotten Tommy, he's stolen my potatoes again! I'll get him back, you see if I don't."...
Hello All, I'm back from vacation and getting back into the swing of things gradually. For today's prompt please use this image. This is my response - enjoy! There was Humphrey, big, bold and yellow. Weren’t shadows supposed to be black or at least grey? Martin only...
Today's writing prompt is a view of a pathway. What story or poem does it inspire in you? I wrote this response for it. I hope you enjoy it. “What’s down there, Mummy?” “I don’t know, sweetheart. Shall we go and look?” “Yeh, an adventure – follow me into the jungle....
A bike has been left locked to a tree..what's the story? As some of you know my mind tends to go to the 'dark side' and this is my response. “Whose is that bike, anyway? It’s been there for days.” “I have no idea, Frank. What can I get for you,...
Today's prompt is to describe finding a tattoo on your body unexpectedly. I found this prompt inspiring and can see it developing further. I hope you like my short story. I trudged to the bathroom, peering through half closed eyes avoiding the bright sunlight...
On Sunday I attended a writing workshop entitled Texture and Emotion in Your Writing. It was an informative and fun afternoon and we all learned a lot about word usage and creating more evocative sentences. I would like to share my responses to a couple of exercises...
This week's prompt is 'revenge'. Write a poem or short story of getting back at someone. I wrote this story some time ago but still like it. The story began with a picture of a beach veranda, I have no idea why it went in this direction but that's the joy of writing....
Using this image write about an incident in an old alleyway. It can be a poem or a short story or a list of words that come to mind when you look at the image. This is my response. With my back pressed against an old wooden door in the weathered stone wall, I glance...